Peak strength of replicated and real rocks containing cracks

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn , Issue 149 PART II, 1998, Pages 953-958

  Wong, R H C ^a   Chau, K T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bridge Angle; Crack Coalescence; Crack Density; Frictional Cracks; Peak Strength; Preexisting Crack; Sandstone Like Material; Wing Crack

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444415680     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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